The Spiritual Battlefield!
"And you shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you
free."
John 8: 32
Paul’s image of the believer’s spiritual armor
in Ephesians 6:10-17 clearly suggests activity
of warfare. And warfare suggests there will be
captives. But in spiritual warfare, there are no
physical conflicts or captives.
Paul says elsewhere that our battles
aren't
in this physical realm as worldly battles are
(2 Corinthians 10:3). Whom or what are we
fighting? And whom or what do we take
captive in order to win?
Spiritual warfare happens “between the ears.”
That is, in the mind. That’s where history’s first
spiritual battle happened. In the Garden of Eden,
Adam and Eve weighed Satan’s words against
God’s words and made a choice—in the mind.
Paul said we must take “every thought into captivity
to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5). We
must weigh every thought. If it's a lie, or dishonoring
to God, we capture that thought and subdue it
with
the truths of God’s Word.
We can only find victorious
freedom by knowing God’s
truth (John 8:32).
Every good spiritual warrior
constantly
asks himself this question: "What does
the Bible say about this?"
Stu Weber